Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:17:17 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Razor <fblist@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Is there any tools can build a mirror of portsnap? Message-ID: <20090121141701.C26218@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <49771CB1.3090106@unsane.co.uk> References: <910c4cb0901210043o78f76343mea5f1aa67b696510@mail.gmail.com> <20090121130952.B26065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <49771CB1.3090106@unsane.co.uk>
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if portsnap could use proxies - it would be simple. but it cant On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> simply do portsnap in one place and use rsync to mirror /var/db/portsnap >> >> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009, Razor wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I want to build a mirror server of portsnap in my company. But I >>> couldn't >>> find any tools either in ports-mgmt or in google. So is there a tool >>> can do >>> this? >>> > There is a script in the freebsd cvs repository to mirror the portsnap > servers, but from the README with it. > > "this is not an invitation to start running a portsnap mirror as well. > There > is nothing to stop you from mirroring from portsnap[12].freebsd.org, > but since mirroring consumes ~5GB/month of bandwidth while updating a > single machine consumes ~5MB/month of bandwidth, adding unnecessary > mirrors is likely to increase rather than decrease the load on the > official mirrors. If in doubt, talk to me (cperciva@FreeBSD.org) first." > > > > So if you think its worth it (you have 1000 or so clients to upgrade,) > go look in the cvs repository under projects. > > > Vince > >>> Thanks. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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